Tuesday, May 25, 2021, 09:00 GMT+7
People gather at a coffee shop on the Red River bank in Tay Ho District, Hanoi, May 23, 2021 despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: D.H. / Tuoi Tre
Here are today’s leading news stories:
Politics Vietnamese State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Chinese Party General Secretary and State President Xi Jinping affirmed the significance of the Vietnam-China relationship in each country’s foreign policy during their online talks on Monday.
COVID-19 Updates The Ministry of Health confirmed 57 domestic COVID-19 cases on Tuesday morning, raising the country’s tally to 5,461, with 2,794 recoveries and 44 deaths. Authorities in Hanoi have decided to shut down all dine-in services, barbershops, and hair salons from 12:00 pm on Tuesday following a spike in local COVID-19 infections.
Incense offering in tribute to President Ho Chi Minh, martyrs State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 20 offered incense and flowers to late President Ho Chi Minh and heroic martyrs at Nga Ba Giong memorial and Gieng nuoc hospital relic site in Hoc Mon district, Ho Chi Minh City on May 20 on the occasion of the late leader’s 131st birthday (May 19).
Hoc Mon district has been popular with the uprising of the 18 Vuon Trau (Areca Garden) hamlets against the French colonists in 1885, which later spread to other southern localities. However, it was cruelly suppressed by the French colonists.
In August 1941, the French administration arrested and sent several leaders of the Southern Regional Party Committee, including Nguyen Van Cu, Vo Van Tan, Phan Dang Luu, Nguyen Thi Minh Khai and others, to the firing squad.
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